MILAN (AP) — The United States is looking to do something no nation has ever done: Clean sweep the ice hockey tournaments at the Olympics and Paralympics. Standing in the way? Canada again.

From lonely deaths among the elderly to shrinking armies, falling birthrates are reshaping societies beyond the economic sphere.

In an exclusive interview with POLITICO, the outgoing Colombian president argues the war on drugs has failed and fires back ...

US, Israel launched coordinated strikes on Iran in late February 2026 targeting military and nuclear facilities.

In theory, the death penalty is reserved for “the worst of the worst.” In practice, it is very different. People who are ...

Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has not been seen or heard from publicly since the war started, leading to speculation about his whereabouts and health condition.

President Donald Trump said Friday night the US “totally obliterated every military target” on Kharg Island, which handles roughly 90% of Iran’s crude exports. Follow for live updates.

APTOPIX Iran US Israel A woman sits on rubble across from a residential building damaged last Sunday during the U.S.-Israeli ...

China's first generation of wealthy entrepreneurs begins passing on $2.1trn to heirs, creating inheritance disputes and deepening inequality as economic growth slows.

More than 171,000 items including children's dressers, a popular magnet game and bicycle helmets have been pulled from shelves by federal safety regulators.

China adopted a sweeping law Thursday to promote what it calls “ethnic unity,” a measure that critics say would further erode the rights of some minority groups as authorities cement a push toward ...

Multiple states have raised the alarm in the past month about cychlorphine, a synthetic opioid tied to several dozen recent overdoses that is far stronger than fentanyl. Cychlorphine is part ...